There are just 3 nursing homes in Chestertown, Maryland, providing for a population of 12,853 people. This city's limited supply of nursing homes were awarded a good city grade of B. We also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Dundalk, which received a city grade of C. We found Chestertown to be a better option. You can continue reading to learn more about how this city's nursing homes fared in our category grades.
As mentioned above, this city's nursing homes received a great overall grade, but we especially wanted to emphasize that some of the city's facilities received virtually flawless health inspections the past few years. We awarded Chestertown an elite grade of A in this category. Our inspection scores are based on several items located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Nursing homes that score well in this area tend to have few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these facilities generally do not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with endangerment of patients. In addition, Chestertown also received one of our better grades in our nursing category, with a B. In the last two categories, we gave Chestertown middle of the pack grades for our short-term care and long-term care areas.